Calapooya Indian Tribe
Location
Calapooya. Meaning
unknown.
Also called:
Kait-ka, by the Umpqua.
Tsänh-alokual amím,
by the Luckiamute Kalapuya.
Connections
The Calapooya belonged to the
Calapooya dialectic division of the Kalapooian
linguistic stock.
Location
On the headwaters of Willamette River
including McKinzie, Middle, and West Forks.
Subdivisions
Ampishtna, east of upper Willamette River.
Tsanchifin, on the site of Eugene City.
Tsanklightemifa, at Eugene City.
Tsankupi, at Brownsville, Lynn County.
Tsawokot, north of Eugene City.
Population
Mooney (1928) estimates the population of the entire
Kalapooian stock at 3,000 in 1780. The Kalapooian bands on Grande Ronde
Reservation numbered 351 in 1880; 164 in 1890; 130 in 1905. The census of 1910
returned 5 of the Calapooya tribe by itself, and 106 in the entire stock; and
that of 1930, 45 individuals in the stock.
Connection in which they have become noted
The Calapooya tribe is of note
(1) because its name has been used for all the tribes of the stock; and
(2) from its later application to Calapooya River, a branch of the
Willamette; Calapooya Creek, an affluent of the Umpqua; and the Calapooya
Mountains.
Additional Oregon Indian Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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